Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-26
WASHINGTON.
Cabinet Meeting Yesterday Discusses
the Canadian Fisheries Troubles
and the Action of the Senate.
It's Nineteenth Annual Meeting and
Susan b. Anthony Speaks.
A CABINET MEETING

out OF the city. The principal topic o
discussion was the action of the Senatt
yesterday OF the Canadian fishery cues
ton, in the course of which the question
arose as to the legality of the recen
seizures of British vessels near the Sea
islands, for violations Of the laws regulat-
ing the hunting Of seals at or near those
| islands.
WoMAN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
WASHINGTON, jan. 25-The National
Woman Suffrage Association met here to-
day for is nineteenth annual convention
Among the delegates present were: Miss
S. B. Anthony, Mrs. May Wright Sewell,
Mrs. Harriet Shattucks, Mrs. E. Boynton
lambert, Mrs. l. Beecher Hooker, Rev
olympia Brown, Mrs. Mary Seymour
Howell, Mrs. Clara r. Crosby, Madam
Clare Neman, Mrs. Il. C. Wallace, Miss
Phoebe W. Cousins, Mrs. Hannah White
hall Smith, Mary F. Eastman, Lillian
DevereauX Blake and many others.
Miss Susan B. Anthony delivered the
opening address, and at It's conclusion
read letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, the President of the Association,
who is now in Europe.
Several reports were read and accepted,
aft-r which Mrs. Harri-sst r. Shattucks
spoke upon the subject: "The Women
Who Ask and the Women Who OBJECT
GARLAND's DENIAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The COM
mittee representing the Consolidated
Cattlr Growers Association called upon
AttorneyGeneral Garland this morn
ing in company with Representa-
tive Springer of Illinois and Judge
J. NJ. Carey, delegate from Wyo-
ming, with view to arriving at the
truth of certain reports being in
dustriously circulated to the effect that
the Attorney General has given an adj
verse opinion relative 10 the constitu-
tionalitv OF the Miller bill for the sup
preston of pleurO-pneymOnis, now il
Congress. The committee reports that
Mr.. Garland denied emphetically having
given expression 70 any such views.
LANHAM's RELIEF BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Congrese man
Lanham OF Texas introduced a bill yes
terday asking relief for the sufferers in
the drouth-Stricken territory of that
state. The relief asked for will be the
distribution of $4,000 worth of seed
from the department of agriculture to be
distributed among the farmers whose
crops were totally destroyed last fall,
leaving them without any surplus to use
in planting this spring.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Tne protection
Democrats have completed consideration
of bill to reduce the surplus revenue
upon which they have been st work for
some time past. The meeting was at
tended by about twenty congressman, in
GLIDING members from the Southern Anti
Internal Revenue Organization. 1t wipes
out the tax On tobacco and Weiss beer,
and also the license tex on dealers in
whisky, t'he question whether the tax
or alcohol used in the arts should be re-
moved, or the tax on whisky should be
reduced. is left an open one to be decided
by the HouSe. The provisions of the Ran
dali bill which increased the duties in
certain cases were stricken out. The
free lis of the Randall bill has also been
augmented, Lumber, goats hair, fur
used in making hats, lute and jute butts
are among tue articles placed on the free
list. The duty on steel rails is reduced
to Sl2. The principal features of the
Hewitt customs administrative bill are
in the new bill, together
with some additions suggested by the
treasury department. What is known
as the warehouse section of the
Hewitt bill, however, is eliminated.
II is expected that the customs sections
of that bill will effect reduction of
aoopt ten million dollars, and that the
tot-4 reduction OF revenue made by The
bill will be from tifty-five to sixty million
in1lorS Tho intaptinp IN, fro, ,i,,,r tbfl
customs portion of the bill was to avoid
as far as possible all questions likely to
lead to controversy. The committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting will confer
with Speaker Carlisle as to the best mode
Of procedure.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % Represents
tive Townshend to-day introduced bill
to provide for joint celebration by the
sixteen American republics in 1889 in
honor of the centennial of the constitu- |
ton of the parent republic, the United
States.
The First Comptroller has dissllowed |
another claim of Colonel John S. Mosby |
Tor refund of fees improperly, as he |
claims, turned into the treasury while |
consul at Hong Kong, amounting to |
ahqaf $4,000. Colonel Mosby's claims |
sgsfrst the government which have been |
iissllowed amount to $4,000.
The Secretary of War to-day sent to the |
House with an Endorsement noting his
iisapproval, petition by enlisted men
lsking that the act authorizing retired |
ist for privates and non-commissioped /!
officers be amended so as to reduce the |
,eri.d Of service to twenty-five years. |
Senator Morgan to-day introduced an
the bill to create depart |
nent of agriculture, providing for the
ranster of the signal service to the civil
authorities.
Senator Beck's bill introduced to-day |
o amend the oleomsrgarine act reduces
he annual tax on wholesale dealers in
from $3.50 to 800, and the
feense tax en- retail dealers from S4S to
512 per aunum. The license tax on man.
lfscturers of oleomargsrine is left IN
hanged.
The Comptroller Of the Currency to-
iaY uautkorized the National Exchange
3snsssf Dallas, Tex, tt begin business
With capital of $500, 900.
! DR.. Curus ssssighs.ens I 4crnss &ys in
,ae minute. Grand WRdsor HsfH, Daka
as. e yp -s.